Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-25
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

IHc stcdiISI ShuyH CHhJ peat the
Merwin, a few days ago, eight minutes,
in race from Tacoma to Seattle.
Whatcom paper: The Nootsack riv-
er has been on regular bender the
past week, higher than it has been for
two years.
James Clarke, from Clallam county,
% years old, and an insane patient
in the asylum at Fort Steilacoom, died
there on Sunday last.
There are now two ships Edward
O'Brien in Puget Sound: The old Ed
ward loading lumber at Blakely, and
the new Edmdrd loading coal at Seat
tie, both for San Francisco.
The pioneer merchant of Steilacoom,
E. A. Light, has turned over his bust
ness to his son, and will now enjoy a
much needed rest. He has gone to
Port Angeles to visit his daughter.
A party consisting of Hon. John
keane, w. ID. OToole, Hon. Orange
Jacobs, Isaac p Rich and Joseph Fos-
ter is stamping King county in behalf
of Mr.. Williamson, the woman suf-
frage candidate for representative.
George Mcconnell, while coupling
cars at Stampede pass Tuesday, had
his right hand crushed between the
bumpers. The member was badly
confused and lacerated. Mcconnell
was taken to Tacoma and his hand
was dressed.
Chehalis Vidette: L.. J. Hatch and
E. c. Smith, of the Tacoma Steam Nav
igatiOn Company, are making arrange
ments to put river boat on the Che
halls, to run between Chehalis and
other up river points to Montesano,
and perhaps to other points on Gray s
harbOr.
The Indians seem to be unable to
thrive under the habits and customs
OF white civilization says Whatcom
paper. Every week deaths occur
among the Nootsack Indians, and at
the present rate of mortality, the In
dams of Whatcom county will soon
fade from existence.
Last Wednesday morning the new
and handsome schooner Volunteer
was launched very successfully ut
Hoquium, Washington Territory. The
launch was a perfect success, the ship
sliding out into the river with scarcely
a perceptible jar, says the Chehalis
Vidette. The superintendent of the
building of the Volunteer, Mr.. r. P.
Hawkes., furnished the following d.
mentions of the new schooner: l65
foot keel, 1877 feet all over, 40 feet
beam, IL feet hold; four masts; tom
mage, $4,000 pounds. The construc-
ton was begun about May l of this
year at the yard of the Hoquium
mills. 1t is owned by A. w. Simpson,
and will make its first trip in about
three weeks.
The postoffice at Steilacoom was
burglarized Sunday night. A clean
sweep was made of everything, all the
postage stamps, amounting to several
hundred dollars worth, the money or
der books and blanks, the postal
notes, the mail bags key and all the
first-class mail matter were taken
away. The loss of the postage stamps,
though considerable, is the least loss
byfar. The key used in the post
kOffices for opening way-mail bags is
identical throughout the United
States, and the postmaster is obliged
by his oath to keep it locked up at all
times when not in actual use, as the
possession OF one of these keys en-
ables anyone to open the bag on any
of the mail routes. With the money
order books and blanks the burglars
will be able to obtain number of
sums below $50 each, if they ale ac-
quainted with the workings of a post
office and have the official stamp, and
the same applies to the postal notes
which have only to be filed up and
no notification has to be sent before
the money can be drawn. The money
orders range from $500 to $500 and
postal notes from OOl397 to OOl5OO.
The mail key was numbered 1881.
The store of E. A. Light & Son was
robbed on the same night, but only of
a few pennies, knives, candies, cigars
and provisions.
WEATHER REPORT.-The u. S. Sig
nal Office furnishes the STANDARD
with the following weather report for
the week ending November Oath:
Barometer-Average height, BOIL
inches; highest, 3O5l; lowest, 29e7
range, ga.
Temperature-Average 81 degrees
highest, As on Monday lowest, % on
Wednesday range, %. Average tenn
perature for this week during years,
43.
Rainfall-Total amount, .O6 of an
inch Average rainfall for this week
for 10 years, 1.65 inches. Mean rela-
tive humidity, SO per cent.
Misunderstanding direction, north
east; highest hourly velocity, IL miles /;
total number miles travelled, 1923.
| Weather-T.ipht rain on Monday